Head to head
Sumgayit vs Khirdalan
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sumgayit is the larger of the two, with 427,000 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sumgayit is the larger of the two, with 427,000 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Sumgayit nor Khirdalan has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Azerbaijan| Metric | Sumgayit | Khirdalan |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 427,000 | 196,200 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 2nd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan |
| Region | Sumqayit | Abşeron |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 2:53 AM · UTC+04:00 | 2:53 AM · UTC+04:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
17 km apartSumgayit and Khirdalan are 17 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Azerbaijan. Khirdalan keeps time the same time as Sumgayit.
Sumgayit has 230,800 more people — 2.2× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Sumgayit or Khirdalan?
- Sumgayit is the larger city by population, with 427,000 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan — a difference of 230,800. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Sumgayit and Khirdalan?
- 17 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Azerbaijan. Khirdalan keeps time the same time as Sumgayit.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Sumgayit or Khirdalan?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Sumgayit is the larger of the two, with 427,000 people to 196,200 in Khirdalan. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Sumgayit and Khirdalan both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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